Three Good Reasons

Three Good Reasons is an album by the American musician Crystal Gayle, released in 1992. Many of its songs are about the ending of a relationship. The title track was released as the album's first single. Gayle supported the album with a North American tour.

Critical reception

The Ottawa Citizen wrote that Gayle's voice "retains its other-worldly quality, that cool distance that lets her pass through any song without getting the least bit involved in it." The Richmond Times-Dispatch called the album "a smart departure from the syrupy, pops-flavored crossover hits she had in the mid-'70s." The Miami Herald noted that "a bluesy rhythm track accents 'The Trouble With Me (Is You)' while Gayle delivers a sly, '40s style performance."

Track listing

Personnel

• Crystal Gayle – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Joel Bouchillon – acoustic piano
• Ronnie Godfrey – acoustic piano
• Bobby All – acoustic guitar
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Brian Smith – electric guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Ron De La Vega – bass
• Steve Turner – drums
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Charles Cochran – string arrangements
• Bob Mason – cello
• Gary Vanosdale – viola
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• Conni Ellisor – violin
• Carl Gorodetzky – violin
• Lee Larrison – violin
• Ted Madsen – violin
• Pamela Sixfin – violin
• Jim Ferguson – backing vocals
• Wendell Mobley – backing vocals
• Cindy Richardson-Walker – backing vocals
• Harry Stinson – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

Production

• Buzz Stone – producer
• Mike Griffith – digital recording, overdub engineer
• Stephen Tillisch – digital recording, mixing
• Joel Bouchillon – recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant
• Todd Culross – recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Virginia Team – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• Mary Beth Felts – make-up

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